Africa Research Institute

Analysis

Africa Research Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herefordshire. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Africa Research Institute reported income of £100k and spending of £88k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £51k to £100k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Africa Research Institute sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mushtaq Welfare Trust (£100k), Campbell Foundation (£100k) and Muslim Care (£100k).